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Giant Containers: Other Bottles (page 2)

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Boondocks Lounge
Tucson, AZ
 Wine Bottle
Schuetzen Park (where?)
The Boondocks Lounge Bottle is 35 feet tall and was built around 1973 for Peasant Villa, an Italian restaurant and former occupant of the building. It is made of concrete and rebar and weighs several tons. The artist that created it, Michael Kautza, is also responsible for Tucson's Tack Room Boot, Matador & Bull, and the Cow Skull in Amado, AZ. The Boondocks Bottle was restored in 2004 (two photos on left circa 2001, photos on right from 2008). For more, see this website.

This Wine Bottle is a mystery. The postcard dates from the 1920s and it could be German but is more likely from Queens, NY. It appears to be from a fair or trade show.

More Wine Bottles:
Kelowna, BC (Canada)

Tequila Bottle
Wichita Falls, TX		 Jack Daniel's
Bottle
Norman, OK		 Wild Turkey
Bottle
Covington, KY		 Bourbon Bottle
Brown-Forman Warehouse
Louisville, KY
This chimney was previously painted to look like a Tequila Bottle when the building housed a Mexican restaurant. It was repainted beige when Harvest Drug & Gift moved in. For more, see this website.

This Jack Daniel's Bottle is located at Campus Liquors. It appears to have been carved from the log on which it rests.

The Wild Turkey Bottle is installed on top of the sign at the Stadium Liquor Store. It has been there since at least 2006.

This Old Forester Bourbon Bottle stands on the roof of the Brown-Forman Warehouse. The warehouse was built in 1936 and I believe this rooftop bottle was created at the same time. The bottle serves as a water tower. It was repainted in 1998 and 2003 to reflect labeling changes to the product. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

Mizkan Americas Bottle
Louisville, KY
This Mizkan Americas Bottle advertised for the Florida Distillers Company in 2007. Does anyone know what company used this bottle originally? Shortly after the first two photos were taken in 2010, the bottle was repainted with a Holland House red cooking wine label. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

Coca-Cola Bottle
Knoxville, TN
 Coca-Cola Bottle
Jackson, MS
 Coca-Cola Bottle
Bruceton, IN
 Coca-Cola Bottle
Fort Walton Beach, FL
The Knoxville Coca-Cola Bottle is in front of their bottling plant.

This Jackson Coca-Cola Bottle stands next to the Coca-Cola bottling plant.

The Bruceton Coca-Cola Bottle was built in 1949 for the Indianapolis, IN bottling plant. It has been in private hands since at least the mid-1980s.

The Fort Walton Beach Coca-Cola Bottle is located behind the Buccaneer Gift Shop. This 15 foot tall fiberglass bottle was restored for the shop's 35th anniversary in 2007.

The World of Coca-Cola
Atlanta, GA
 Coca-Cola Bottle
Las Vegas, NV
The World of Coca-Cola features thousands of Coca-Cola artifacts. The beverage was invented in 1886 in Atlanta. Outside the museum is a kiosk with giant Coca-Cola bottles at its corners. Inside, is this giant carved wooden bottle from Bolivia. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

There is another giant Coca-Cola bottle in Atlanta. It is located at Turner Field. This bottle is 38 feet tall and covered with baseball artifacts. Fireworks shoot out of the bottle when the Braves hit a home run.

This 100 foot tall Coca-Cola Bottle stands at the entrance and contains two glass elevators for the "Everything Coca-Cola" store. It has taken over the space of "World of Coca-Cola Las Vegas" which opened in 1997 and closed in 2000. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Mellow Mushroom
Chattanooga, TN
Mellow Mushroom was founded in 1974 and now has nearly 50 pizza restaurants in the South. This location occupies a former Coca-Cola bottling plant. The canopies over the outside seating resemble giant Coca-Cola bottle caps. For more, see their website.

More Coca-Cola Bottles:
MGM Studios: 1, 2 (Orlando, FL)
Coca-Cola Museum (Elizabethtown, KY)
Fenway Park (Boston, MA)
bottling plant (Frederick, MD; now Hagerstown, MD)
bottling plant (Washington, NC)
bottling plant (Richmond, VA)
Shanghai, China

There were two giant Coca-Cola bottles (no photo) in Boston at a bottling plant on the Charles River. They were erected in 1953 and had script lettering, red neon and flashing lights which reflected on the water. They were torn down for the construction of a high-rise hotel in 1984.

Coca-Cola Bottle
Sapulpa, OK		 Vess Bottle
St. Louis, MO		 Pepsi Bottle
Struthers, OH
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This Coca-Cola Bottle, glass and plate monument is a reference to Sapulpa's history as a major glass manufacturing center. Sapulpa was also home to the Frankoma Pottery from 1938-2010.

The Vess Bottle is a twelve foot tall replica of the family-sized lemon-lime soda bottle. It was built in 1952 and mounted on a twelve foot tall pole. The "billion bubble beverage" bottle stood neglected until it was removed in the 1980s. In 1989, it was discovered in storage and restored. The bottle was reinstalled downtown in 1991 and declared a landmark. It has 600 lineal feet of red and green neon tubing. It was once the world's largest revolving neon sign but current laws prohibit it from spinning. The bottle's paint is now faded again and the neon is broken. There were at least two other giant Vess bottles in St. Louis but this seems to be the only one left. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, and 4.

This Pepsi Free Bottle is installed in front of Struthers Beer Wine & Spirits. Pepsi Free was developed in the 1980s so this bottle was probably painted with a different label originally.

Soda Bottle [removed]
Irvington, NJ
The Irvington Soda Bottle was 60 feet tall and stood atop an abandoned bottling plant. It was built in 1930 as a 55-gallon water tower for Hoffman Beverages. The bottle was painted with a label for Hoffman Pale Dry Ginger Ale. The property was taken over in 1945 by Pabst Brewing Company who repainted the bottle with a beer label. The building then remained vacant from 1985-2006 when it was demolished. In 2006, the bottle was cut into five pieces (for transportation purposes) and carefully removed. It is now in storage and will be reassembled at some point. The owner plans to put it up somewhere in Newark or Seaside, NJ. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [bottom photos thanks Nick DeBenedetto]

Moxie Bottle
Union, ME

The Moxie Bottle is 32 feet tall and made of oak, spruce and pine. It was built around 1900 as an advertising gimmick and "free sample" Moxie beverage stand. The bottle was displayed in Boston, Coney Island, and a few other locations. It was then put on permanent display at the Pine Island Amusement Park near Manchester, NH. In 1919, after the company had abandoned the structure, it was moved about a mile away where it became part of a house. By the 1980s, the bottle had fallen into disrepair. In 1999, it was sold, dissassembled and put in storage in Maine. In 2009, after many years of networking and fundraising, the bottle has been installed at the Matthews Museum in a building designed specifically for it. There are many relevant historic items on display and Moxie souvenirs as well. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Mineral Water
Bottle
Mineral Wells, TX		 Liquid Life
Tulsa, OK		 Soda Bottle
Arcadia, OK
The Mineral Water Bottle advertises for Dismuke's Pronto-Lax mineral water. It stands in front of the Famous Mineral Water Co. which was founded by Ed Dismuke in 1904 and is still in business today. The bottle has been there since at least the 1930s. For more, see 2.

The Liquid Life bottle stands in front of TRC Nutritional Laboratories. The company produces liquid vitamins and minerals using the Liquid Life label. The company has been around since 1974 and I would guess the bottle is from then as well. It is about 25 feet tall.

The Soda Bottle is located at POPS restaurant and gas station. POPS opened in 2007. The store sells the world's largest variety of soda. The giant bottle is 66 feet tall. At night it is lit with constantly changing LED lights. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

More Bottles:
Bottle Inn: 1, 2 (St. Louis, MO) [gone]
Stroh's Beer Bottle (Scioto County, OH)
Rum Bottle (Australia)
L&P Bottle (Paeroa, New Zealand)
Soy Sauce Bottle (Taiwan)
Various Bottles

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